Claudio Sibille-air Table Coffee Table/Dinning Table

At Design Interviews

Interview with Claudio Sibille : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Claudio Sibille : The idea, like most of my work is to show that thre is more than meets the eye in what looks like a simple object. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Claudio Sibille : This project is the result of my work in M3 where multifunctionality and space saving furniture is the main objective. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Claudio Sibille : Increase its exposure and therefore its chances of selling like expected. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Claudio Sibille : The idea was already in place when I started with this project. There are a few other designers whho worked in this concept as well, resolved somewhat differently in both operation flow and formal aspect, but still, the idea was already there. It must have taken maybe a week, from the first sketches, through the cad layout and eventually to the final renderings. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Claudio Sibille : I did not precisely need to solve this particular problem (the one solved by this design), but I needed to find new ways of solving space issues through furniture design in the most original and practicable way possible. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Claudio Sibille : The prototype stage is almost done, and then we plan to mass manufacture this item. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Claudio Sibille : mostly young people between the ages of 18 and 50 living in small apartments that can easily manipulate light medium sized objects in their daily basis routine. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Claudio Sibille : It takes inspiration from the MacBook Air, ssurely like most &quot;air&quot; related product names. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Claudio Sibille : Pencil, paper, autocad, 3d studio and lots of coffee. .